Proceedings
Western Hemisphere Security Colloquium 2007
"Creating an Environment forTrans-American Cooperation "
May 3-4, 2007

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2 May 2007     1800                Speakers Meeting
                       1900                Ice Breaker/Cash Bar at Hotel

3 May 2007

0900

Opening Keynote Address:
Admiral James Stavridis, CDR  USSOUTHCOM (C)

 

1000-1030

Break

 

1030-1200

Panel 1
Trans –American Cooperation (Lead - INSS)
Chair: Dr. Stephen J. Flanagan, VP for Research for NDU (C)
Panelist: Jay Cope (C)
Panelist: Luigi R. Einaudi, Former Asst Sec Gen to OAS (T)
Panelist: Dr. Johanna Mendelson-Forman, UN Foundation (T)

 

1200-1330

Lunch/Keynote:
Luis Alberto Moreno, President of IADB (T) (INSS lead)

 

1330-1530

Panel 2            
Regional Environments for Cooperation (Lead - SOUTHCOM)
Chair: CHDS
Panelist: Dr. Rafael Velázquez Flores - North America (T)
Panelist: General (Ret.) Carlos Alberto Ospina - Andean Ridge (T)
Panelist: Dr. Ricardo Jacob Israel Zipper – Southern Cone (T)

 

1530-1545

Break

 

1545-1715

Panel 3
Experience in Cooperation (Lead - SSI)
Chair: Max Manwaring (C)
Panelist: Honorable Federico Brevé-Travieso (Honduras) (C)
             – Central America
Panelist: Brigadier General Jose Elito (Brazil) (C) – Southern Cone
Panelist: Brigadier General Edmond Dillon (Trinidad & Tobago) (T)
             – Caribbean

4 May 2007

0830-1000

Panel 4
Emerging Strategic Partnerships (Lead - FIU)
Chair: General (Ret) Ralph Clem, PhD, FIU (T)
Panelist: Ambassador Jaime Daremblum, Hudson Institute (C)
             – Iran’s Penetration of Latin America
Panelist: Dr. Evan Ellis - Chinese Cooperation In Latin America (C)
Panelist: Dr. Anthony Maingot – Future of US-Cuba Cooperation (C)

 

1000-1030

Break

 

1030-1230

Workshops/Breakout Sessions

Workshop #1: (SSI)

Workshop #2: The Bond between National Defense and Public Security: Does It Restrain or Unite

Col Jay Cope (C)
Dr. Caesar D. Sereseres (C)
Dr. Ivelaw L. Griffith (C)
Dr. Francisco Rojas Aravena (C)

Workshop #3: (CHDS)

Workshop #4: Energy Security in Latin America

Dr. George Philippidis, Florida International University (C)
Dr. Jorge Pinon, University of Miami (C)
Jorge Arrizurieta, InterAmerican Ethanol Commission (C)
Rafael Jaen Williamson, Chevron (C)

 

1230-1430

Lunch/Keynote: Ambassador Tom Shannon (C)

 

1430-1530

Plenary